Ahmad Arshad – The Moderate Way
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He one of few rises
at night to pray
and then finds himself slurring the words of
the Quran
and incapable
of comprehending what he is reading,
then let him lie down and go back
to sleep.
Very pragmatic
hadith. This hadith has been related by Abu
Dawud Sharif and Muslim Sharif.
Now what is this hadith in Mubaraka teaching
us? It is the prohibition
of excess in our own spiritual endeavors and
spiritual disciplines.
Like some people go to such extremes
in the tariq or suluk
like denying themselves food and drink and sleep
and so on,
that they never give a thought to the
possibility
that what they're doing may be harmful